When Sandra Bullock stopped being seen out with her partner, Bryan Randall, the Hollywood gossip-mill became convinced they had secretly split.
The truth was quite different — he had motor neurone disease and was becoming increasingly disabled.
The truth only became apparent when he died earlier this month and it shows that far from being on the rocks, their relationship was devoted and loving. It made me think how little we really know about what goes on in people’s lives and how ready we are to jump to conclusions.
I’ve seen this many times with patients, whose friends and families have assumed one thing, only for something quite different to be the reality.
